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Well, maybe. As I sit here looking at it, I may lift them 4-6” for a little more storage underneath.
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drivesitfar
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Fowl: great pictures of the fishing trip. also nice to see your little guy isn't afraid of water even if it is a river that might have been ice cold too.
nice paint job on the cabinets and your storage idea is ok, but if you leave them where they are you have storage on top that might be just as good and you don't have to worry about hanging them.
keep up the great work and nice to see you are fitting in a bit of family fun too.
nice paint job on the cabinets and your storage idea is ok, but if you leave them where they are you have storage on top that might be just as good and you don't have to worry about hanging them.
keep up the great work and nice to see you are fitting in a bit of family fun too.
If I lift them I’ll put support underneath. I don’t think they’d hold up to being hung and stacked with tools.
The river wasn’t nearly as cold as the ocean, and it was his own fault he was standing on a joint of the dock pumping his legs up and down and making the docks move up and down. I told him he was going to fall in, he looked up and said ‘what?’ Which was enough to throw him off balance and in he went.
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The river wasn’t nearly as cold as the ocean, and it was his own fault he was standing on a joint of the dock pumping his legs up and down and making the docks move up and down. I told him he was going to fall in, he looked up and said ‘what?’ Which was enough to throw him off balance and in he went.
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drivesitfar
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Fowl: yep i'm sure you could figure out a way to lift and support the cabinets and I was just mentioning that storing stuff above might give you the same amount of storage.
funny story about your son and i'm sure he'll remember you causing him to fall, but you are absolutely correct. glad he didn't fall in where there was a huge rock or huge current, but I bet it was still COLD!
funny story about your son and i'm sure he'll remember you causing him to fall, but you are absolutely correct. glad he didn't fall in where there was a huge rock or huge current, but I bet it was still COLD!
The kid loves the water. I wish he had a little more fear of it. On a related note the battered and fried small mouth was a hit at our house.
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I picked up this cool old Starrett ratchet set the other day and cleaned it up. Figured I couldn’t go wrong for $20.
I guess I was wrong, because I found this while I was researching it
Looks like I overpaid by $5 based on the original advertisement from 1916
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I guess I was wrong, because I found this while I was researching it
Looks like I overpaid by $5 based on the original advertisement from 1916
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And I found this gas can under the bench, all the way at the back. It’s not mine, must have been left by the previous owners.
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drivesitfar
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Fowl: nice find on the Starrett old ratchet and I always love the old catalog pages. yep you'll need to sharpen up your negotiating skills to match your fishing skills since you paid more for a used and dirty set than it cost brand new.
maybe if you take the ad back to the seller he'll give you back $5?
nice old gas can and if it's not rusty maybe it can come in handy some day.
casters look great on the old box too.
maybe if you take the ad back to the seller he'll give you back $5?
nice old gas can and if it's not rusty maybe it can come in handy some day.
casters look great on the old box too.
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I love the built-in heavy duty bench running the length of your shop. Also, I got the same LED "tube" lights and thought I got a deal for $25/ea at Costo, and I highly recommend them. Amazing Starrett wrench and socket set! Sixteen bucks in 1916 would be $359 in today's dollars. You recognize value. Finding useful left overs in the garage like the Eagle gas can is an added bonus that appeals to my frugal nature. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing!
Thanks bhk, I’ve lived here and used the shop for a year. But it was way back under the bench.
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Just some cool old manuals that I’ve acquired.
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drivesitfar
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Fowl: at times our garage gallery threads are more for US than for others to comment on cause there are thousands of these. some of my more popular threads i've started on GJ have over a million views and for several months and long periods of times I felt like I was the only poster commenting.
that said keep up the great work and even if nobody else comments regularly i bet several are watching and it probably gives you motivation to keep making progress. also great to see pics of your kids and the great views of the great area where you live so close to the SAND DUNES and the PACIFIC OCEAN too.
cheers
that said keep up the great work and even if nobody else comments regularly i bet several are watching and it probably gives you motivation to keep making progress. also great to see pics of your kids and the great views of the great area where you live so close to the SAND DUNES and the PACIFIC OCEAN too.
cheers
Put some license plates up above the window in an attempt at garage interior decorating.
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Better picture of the plates
Putting my new shelves to good use
A little good luck over the door (go colts!)
(P.s. I know technically it has no luck because it was never on a horse)
Some organizers I’ve collected
(Those gas cans by the saw are all empty)
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Putting my new shelves to good use
A little good luck over the door (go colts!)
(P.s. I know technically it has no luck because it was never on a horse)
Some organizers I’ve collected
(Those gas cans by the saw are all empty)
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Picked up a bench grinder today. Just a cheap harbor freight one, but $5 was a good price. I was looking for one with wire wheel and a buffing pad for cleaning tools. This one had a wire wheel already. Did a quick clean on it.
When I got it
And it won’t let me post the other pictures...
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When I got it
And it won’t let me post the other pictures...
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A quick clean
It’s not letting me do more than one picture per post
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And all cleaned up
It’s a user so that’s all the time I will invest into it.
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It’s a user so that’s all the time I will invest into it.
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drivesitfar
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Fowl: looks like you are having fun in the shop. that grinder should work ok until you find a deal on a nice old Craftsman block grinder (I like the round top ones 1/2 hp or bigger commercial/industrial ones) or a Baldor.
I guess it's good to have some metal signs and art hanging around the shop, but i'm using almost every square inch of mine for storage at the moment.
keep up the good work.
BTW when it's 90 here in Seattle how's the temps out there near the ocean in your part of PARADISE?
I guess it's good to have some metal signs and art hanging around the shop, but i'm using almost every square inch of mine for storage at the moment.
keep up the good work.
BTW when it's 90 here in Seattle how's the temps out there near the ocean in your part of PARADISE?
It got all the way up to 72 today. It was pretty brutal. It’s hard living somewhere that is this close to room temp the majority of the year. Makes you too comfortable.
I’ve been watching for a nice craftsman. I keep missing them, and this one was the a good price. Like you said, it will work for now.
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I’ve been watching for a nice craftsman. I keep missing them, and this one was the a good price. Like you said, it will work for now.
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Finally got the casters on my miter stand
It sits just about perfect.
Also hung some under bench organizers that I picked up from my neighbor
Had a visitor
But then this guy showed up and she left
(Dog and the chicken both belong to me)
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It sits just about perfect.
Also hung some under bench organizers that I picked up from my neighbor
Had a visitor
But then this guy showed up and she left
(Dog and the chicken both belong to me)
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And then I started pulling apart this pulley so I can use it to hoist my crab traps out of the way.
And then I had to stop and make the local LDS missionaries dinner.
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And then I had to stop and make the local LDS missionaries dinner.
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Fowl: isn't basic cleaning to make a usable tool more functional so rewarding?
nice to see your miter saw table and casters is working out. also love the little green cabinet on casters in the corner of your garage.
BTW how do your boys like all the improvements in your garage or are they too busy at the beach and dunes during the summer?
nice to see your miter saw table and casters is working out. also love the little green cabinet on casters in the corner of your garage.
BTW how do your boys like all the improvements in your garage or are they too busy at the beach and dunes during the summer?
I do like making old stuff functional again. That pulley was completely seized up before I doused it in a fair amount of liquid wrench. I have another one just like it that will likely get the same treatment when I'm done with this one.
The idea you had to use the RAS cabinet as my mobile miter saw stand worked out just about perfect. Thanks again.
The green cabinet is actually almost 6 feet tall and belonged to my wife's grandfather. The stickers and all are exactly as they were when I rolled it out of his shop after he passed. He was a good man and the local shade tree mechanic, often doing work for whatever people could barter (canned goods usually), He only did that in his free time when he wasn't working as a crime scene photographer for the Salt Lake City PD. There is a picture of it on post #52-53 so you can see it in relation to other boxes. Maybe later this week I'll post some pics of it and some of the other stuff I have inherited.
My five year old is my little shop monkey. He loves being out in the shop with me, he works with scraps, builds "swords" and "shields" and talks non-stop. He does help sweep at the end of the night though, which is nice.
The other boys only get in the shop to get the lawnmower out. They are too busy running around with friends at the ice cream shop, dunes, beach, the swimming hole up the river, etc. And the oldest is working full-time at Ace Hardware and getting ready to leave for college this week.
The idea you had to use the RAS cabinet as my mobile miter saw stand worked out just about perfect. Thanks again.
The green cabinet is actually almost 6 feet tall and belonged to my wife's grandfather. The stickers and all are exactly as they were when I rolled it out of his shop after he passed. He was a good man and the local shade tree mechanic, often doing work for whatever people could barter (canned goods usually), He only did that in his free time when he wasn't working as a crime scene photographer for the Salt Lake City PD. There is a picture of it on post #52-53 so you can see it in relation to other boxes. Maybe later this week I'll post some pics of it and some of the other stuff I have inherited.
My five year old is my little shop monkey. He loves being out in the shop with me, he works with scraps, builds "swords" and "shields" and talks non-stop. He does help sweep at the end of the night though, which is nice.
The other boys only get in the shop to get the lawnmower out. They are too busy running around with friends at the ice cream shop, dunes, beach, the swimming hole up the river, etc. And the oldest is working full-time at Ace Hardware and getting ready to leave for college this week.
A little more fiddle-farting around tonight.
Sold an old Willys windshield frame I had for too cheap, but $100 more than I paid for it, put a coat of paint on the pulley that I disassembled. Cleaned up an old wrench and started cleaning up a pair of old duck bill shears that were laying around.
(the wrench works now and moves freely)
And the shears I started on.
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Sold an old Willys windshield frame I had for too cheap, but $100 more than I paid for it, put a coat of paint on the pulley that I disassembled. Cleaned up an old wrench and started cleaning up a pair of old duck bill shears that were laying around.
(the wrench works now and moves freely)And the shears I started on.
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Fowl: I'm kicking your thread up to the top to get a few more eyes from other members on it, but wanted to also say I really like those old tin snips and pipe wrenches and I think I might have a drawer full of them I need to spiff up. It looks like you might have some PATENT info or other stuff imprinted in the jaw of the pipe wrench as you keep cleaning it up to give you a little more research to do.
good to hear your little one likes the shop and keep telling him about SAFETY 101 tips so he can maybe teach his brothers later since they seem to be busy.
which college did your son pick? the one where he'll get playing time on the football team his freshman year or a good track team or was learning a higher priority?
cheers
good to hear your little one likes the shop and keep telling him about SAFETY 101 tips so he can maybe teach his brothers later since they seem to be busy.
which college did your son pick? the one where he'll get playing time on the football team his freshman year or a good track team or was learning a higher priority?
cheers
I posted some more info on the wrench in the tool polisher's thread, but it is a Coes Wrench, I did some basic reading on them. Also known as a 'railroad' wrench as that is what they were commonly used for, and it's probably well over a hundred years old. I didn't take the time to narrow it down (Some great info out there dating the stamps). I also found that some people on etsy and ebay are very proud of their Coes Wrenches, trying to sell them for over $100!!!!
It doesn't look like the actually sell for that though, so this one got thrown in the box with the other wrenches.
The old tin snips are marked 'MIDWEST', I don't know much about that company, and haven't had time to research yet.
I didn't take any pictures, but the new kid next door came over late last night wanting to ride bikes with my five year old (who was riding in the driveway) but his bike (really a tricycle) was broken.
So, the three of us, (me, moose (my kid), and the new kid (nate)) set about fixing bikes and tricycles last night. I think the kids had more fun disassembling the tricycle than they did riding bikes. It's amazing what a couple of 4-5 year olds can disassemble when they have access to tools and permission to use them.
It doesn't look like the actually sell for that though, so this one got thrown in the box with the other wrenches.
The old tin snips are marked 'MIDWEST', I don't know much about that company, and haven't had time to research yet.
I didn't take any pictures, but the new kid next door came over late last night wanting to ride bikes with my five year old (who was riding in the driveway) but his bike (really a tricycle) was broken.
So, the three of us, (me, moose (my kid), and the new kid (nate)) set about fixing bikes and tricycles last night. I think the kids had more fun disassembling the tricycle than they did riding bikes. It's amazing what a couple of 4-5 year olds can disassemble when they have access to tools and permission to use them.
Well, you got me curious about the tin snips.
From the website:
Midwest Tool and Cutlery Company (Midwest) began manufacturing metal cutting snips and related hand tools in Sturgis, Michigan in 1945. Today, Midwest is a privately held Michigan corporation that operates manufacturing facilities in Sturgis, MI; Kalkaska, MI; and Caledonia, OH.
In the beginning, Midwest operated as the highest quality private label manufacturer of edge hand tools for many leading professional quality brands. Today, the company’s Midwest Snips® national brand has become a leading tradesman brand both domestically and in many regions globally. All models of the company’s Midwest Snips aviation and tinner snips are manufactured by Midwest in its USA facilities.
As a leading innovator and manufacturer of metal cutting snips and specialty hand tools. Midwest has developed and owns numerous product design and utility patents that enhance Midwest product performance.
What I found interesting is that they still sell a set of duckbill snips that look exactly like the ones I have above (with the addition of rubberized handles)
From the website:
Midwest Tool and Cutlery Company (Midwest) began manufacturing metal cutting snips and related hand tools in Sturgis, Michigan in 1945. Today, Midwest is a privately held Michigan corporation that operates manufacturing facilities in Sturgis, MI; Kalkaska, MI; and Caledonia, OH.
In the beginning, Midwest operated as the highest quality private label manufacturer of edge hand tools for many leading professional quality brands. Today, the company’s Midwest Snips® national brand has become a leading tradesman brand both domestically and in many regions globally. All models of the company’s Midwest Snips aviation and tinner snips are manufactured by Midwest in its USA facilities.
As a leading innovator and manufacturer of metal cutting snips and specialty hand tools. Midwest has developed and owns numerous product design and utility patents that enhance Midwest product performance.
What I found interesting is that they still sell a set of duckbill snips that look exactly like the ones I have above (with the addition of rubberized handles)
The shears turned out alright, and the pulley is now useable
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drivesitfar
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Fowl: yep there are a few good tool companies still making quality tools here in the USA too. thanks for posting your research and maybe i'll have time to sort and clean up some of my tools someday (refer to sig line).
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the story about your 5 year old and his friend getting to use tools and take stuff apart. WELL DONE SIR!!
more dad of the year points that is for certain.
best of luck on your upcoming FAMILY ADVENTURE TOO!!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the story about your 5 year old and his friend getting to use tools and take stuff apart. WELL DONE SIR!!
more dad of the year points that is for certain.
best of luck on your upcoming FAMILY ADVENTURE TOO!!
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Good looking pulley and shears, clean up really worked 
Good looking pulley and shears, clean up really worked
Thanks. It was a fun prjoect
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Well, I’m a long way from the dog house.
My mother in law wanted to replace her toilet seats before we came to visit. It was time. She had called me a few days ago and asked for advice. I explained how easy it was in theory (a couple of screws is all)
She called me back and told me she couldn’t get the screws out (she has arthritis), but she was afraid she was going to break them.
I told her not to worry about breaking them. She was replacing them anyway.
So......she used a hammer.
So, it’s my first day of vacation and I’m replacing a toilet.
(Edit: I have my 15 year old with me who has never had the opportunity to replace a toilet, so I should say, it’s his first day of vacation and my kid is replacing a toilet.)
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My mother in law wanted to replace her toilet seats before we came to visit. It was time. She had called me a few days ago and asked for advice. I explained how easy it was in theory (a couple of screws is all)
She called me back and told me she couldn’t get the screws out (she has arthritis), but she was afraid she was going to break them.
I told her not to worry about breaking them. She was replacing them anyway.
So......she used a hammer.
So, it’s my first day of vacation and I’m replacing a toilet.
(Edit: I have my 15 year old with me who has never had the opportunity to replace a toilet, so I should say, it’s his first day of vacation and my kid is replacing a toilet.)
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